From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhobnailedhob‧nailed /ˈhɒbneɪld $ ˈhɑːb-/ (also hobnail /-neɪl/) adjective [only before noun] especially British English old-fashioned DCChobnailed boots have large nails fastened to the bottom to make them last longer
Examples from the Corpus
hobnailed• Firm it with a duck-like waddling movement of your hobnailed boots.• Not unless the climber had been wearing hobnailed boots.• The larder's all bare except for some hobnailed cheese and suicide biscuits. 